Forgot to say, what Cranfield doesn't teach you is about your aircraft performance. Specifically, you've got nearly 2,000m of tarmac, so get your instructor to take you to places with much shorter runways, grass, etc. That way you wont end up like a startled rabbit in the headlight when you approach a 600m grass strip, having just taken off from Cranfield!
Bose X - just curious - I'm planning on starting my IR in July there - which school are you at & how do you find it?
DW.
ps, love Leicester, was there a few weeks ago - an airfield with a soul - unlike Cranfield!